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Warm Weather to Continue, Slight Chance of Showers

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Our warm weather is expected to continue as a significant upper-level ridge continues to strengthen over Southern Manitoba. The weather will slowly grow slightly more unsettled into next week.

500mb Winds valid Saturday Morning

500mb winds valid Saturday Morning. The building/approaching upper ridge is shown by the ridging in the black height contours; I’ve marked the ridge axis with the thick blue squiggly line.

We’ll see sunny skies today with a daytime high of 28°C today and lighter winds only at about 20-30 km/h. Warming temperaures aloft will bring warmer nights back into the cards, with our overnight low tonight and through the weekend expected to sit only at about 17 or 18°C. Fortunately, our dewpoints should remian in the low teens, which will help make the warmth more comfortable.

A weak low sliding across Central Manitoba on Saturday will spread an area of rain and thundershowers through Parkland Manitoba across the Interlake and into NW Ontario. For those heading out to Dauphin for this weekend’s Country Fest, be sure to bring your tarps for your tents and your rain slickers; you’ll likely get a little wet on Saturday morning. Fortunately, conditions should be considerably better than, well, many of the recent years. Here in the Red River Valley, there’s only a slight chance of showers on Friday night/Saturday. For Winnipeg, Saturday will be a mix of sun and clouds with a high near 28°C.

Conditions improve again on Sunday, with more sunny skies across Southern Manitoba and highs near 30°C.

The upper ridge that has brought this beautiful weather to us will begin to break down early next week, bringing slightly more unsettled weather back to the Prairies. It currently looks like we’ll see some rain on Monday evening, and then building heat and humidity mid-week with the threat of thunderstorms. We’ll have more on that first thing next week!

More Warm Weather On The Way

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Despite the passage of a cold front today, temperatures across Southern Manitoba will continue to bask in plenty of warm weather through the rest of the week.

Surface temperatures at 00Z this evening

Temperatures from the GEM-REG for 00Z this evening.

A cold front will push across the Red River Valley, ushering in westerly winds that will slowly flush out some of the humid air that has built in over the region over the past couple days. Temperatures will remain in the high 20’s through the remainder of the week across the entire Red River Valley with more comfortable humidity levels, and overnight lows will range between 15 and 20°C tonight through the weekend.

A slight chance for showers exists on Saturday evening, however no significant accumulations are expected. Enjoy many more days of warm, sunny weather!

Sunshine!

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After an extremely cloudy, soggy two-week streak of weather over the Red River Valley, sunshine is in the cards. Lots of it.

Sunshine will persist across Southern Manitoba for the near future!

Several days of warm temperatures and sunshine are expected across Southern Manitoba, a welcome change from the cloudy, wet weather that has persisted the past few weeks. Photo: Brad V.

An upper ridge will build in over the Central Prairies through the weekend, bringing plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures to the Red River Valley. Daytime highs will sit near 25°C today and tomorrow. Highs will drop a little bit on Sunday as some cooler air slides down from Central Manitoba, giving us a daytime high near 22 or 23°C. Overnight lows through the next few days will range from 9-14°C.

More heat and humidity is forecast to build in through the first half of next week, pushing daytime highs up into the high 20’s and overnight lows into the high teens. The upper ridge is forecast to break down in the second half of next week, bringing the risk of stormier weather back to Winnipeg.

Enjoy a beautiful weekend!

Warm Start to June

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After a warm weekend, which featured a beautifully Saturday and stormy Sunday, we will stick with warm to hot weather to start the week. A ridge of high pressure will gradually build into Southern Manitoba this week, allowing us to keep the warm conditions experienced on the weekend.

Upper ridge over Southern Manitoba

A ridge of high pressure is expected to build into Southern Manitoba this week

Monday will be a warm to hot day in Southern Manitoba, with high temperatures in the mid to high twenties under mainly sunny skies. Tuesday will again be warm and sunny day, with high temperatures in the low to mid twenties. An easterly flow pushing slightly cooler air into the province is the reason why Tuesday will be a bit cooler than Monday. Temperatures will climb again on Wednesday, as we reach back up into the high twenties under a south-easterly flow.

The weather through late week is, as usual, less certain. Thursday looks to remain warm but Friday into the weekend may be cooler. A low pressure system is currently forecast to cross Southern Manitoba on Friday, which will be a catalyst for cooler weather. More details will be available later in the week.

Trough over Western NA, Ridge over Central/Eastern NA

A trough will cause below-normal temperatures over Western North America (blue areas), while a ridge brings warmer weather to Central/Eastern North America (orange areas)

A quick update on the June forecast. Most long-range models are showing a ridge-trough pattern dominating North America through June. This pattern means a ridge will likely reside over Central/Eastern North America through a good part of June while a trough sits over Western North America. Southern Manitoba will be frequently caught in between these two features, causing our weather to be variable with hot spells as well as some cooler outbreaks. This pattern may also promote more chances for thunderstorms, though this is not as clear-cut.

At any rate, enjoy what will be a nice first half of the week!